The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-09-08
THE LABOR WORLD.
4 Strike at Greenv;lie-The Heaver$
in the lIuSuenot Mills Leave their
Looms.

GREENvILLE. September 3.-Seventy-
five operatives Of the Hugueuot Plaid
Mills constituting the entire force of the
weaving department left their looms
this morning and refused to work be-
cause OF change in the uperintendent
OF the weaving room.
E. II. Fullenwei,ler, owner OF the
mills. notified j. H. Green, the superin-
tendent OF the cloth room, that his
wages would be reduced from 81 day
50, beginning on the lst OF October. Mr..
Green refused to accept the reduction,
and Mr.. Fullenweider proposed to put
E. J. Barnett, who has been employed
in the shipping department, in Green's
place at a salary of $3.50 d2,-----
BarTt1e~ii -f;Sc :. e1SpcS3euc weaver,
and as soon as the proposition to make
him superintendent of the weaving de-
partment became known, the employees
peclared that they would not work un-
der an inexperienced boss and stopped
the machines at once.
The affair was accomplished quietly
and there is no disturbance or excite
ment. The spinning and card depart
ments are running still, and Mr.. Fullen-
weider says that he will replace the
weaverS and run Oh without serious in
terruption.
The mill is in splendid condition, and
is making product OF sixty yards per
loom a day, a larger product than any
other plaid mill in the South.
Its capacity is taxed to supply the de-
nand, and the interruption is regarded
as peculiarly unfortunate.
The discharge of werving Superin-
tendent Green was done without the
consent Of G.. S. Lanneau, superinten-
dent and treasurer OF the mill. Mr..
Lanneau considered it due to his position
that this action should have come
through him, and he has resigned his
position to take effect on the 10Th in
slant.
Mr.. Lanneau built the mill five years
ago and has been in charge OF it ever
since. His services have been peculiarly
valuable and his resignation is regarded
as serious less to the manufacturing
interestshere. Mr.. Fullenweider will
take charge and superintend the mill
himself.
THE SITUATION LAST NIGHT.
GREENvILLE, September 3.-Mid-
night. There have been no develop
ments in the Huguenot Mill strike in
addition to the particulars wired you
this afternoon. No trouble is expected,
and it is likely that in a week new help
will be secured for the weaving room,
and the mill will run on as before, un-
der Mr.. Fullenweider's own superin-
tendency. Mr.. Fullenweider stated to
your correspondent that he had good
evidence to prove that the strike was in
stigated by Green, the weaving boss,
who was to be displaced. Mr.. Green
emphatically denies, however, any pre-
vious knowledge of the affair.
A MONSTER DEMONSTRATION AT PITTS
BURG.
PITTSBURG, September 3.-The labor
organizations of Pittsburg and its vicin-
ity united in street demons; ration to-
day that surpassed anything of the kind
ever seen here. The object of the parade
was to show the strength of the various
trades unions, and in ort'e:' that there
might be big turnout many OF the
mills and factories closed down. The
bright day added to the success OF the
demonstration. and when the procession
passed down Fifth avenue at noon it is
estimated that fully $4,000 men were in
line. The column was several miles
long, and occupied nearly two hours in
passing given point. 1t embraced
every labor organization in the city. in
Guiding the Amalgamated Associations
OF Iron and Steel Works, the Knights of
Labor, the Miners Amalgamated Asso-
citation, the Builders League, the Glass
Workers Union, the International Ty-
biographical Union, and the German
Trades Assembly.